Zane Capansky, Caplansky’s Delicatessen
“Lee Garden is my happy place. Its hot and sour soup ($9.50-$19) is the gold standard by which all other hot and sour soups should be measured. The combination of pork, shrimp, tofu and pickled cabbage – it really is sour and has the right consistency. It’s also the place I used to go with my grandparents, a seminal Jewish experience growing up.”
LEE GARDEN 331 Spadina, 416-593-9524, leegardenspadina.ca
Matt Dean Pettit, Rock Lobster
“Best won ton soup in the city ($3.75-$10.35). Their small size is like an extra-large anywhere else, and if I’m getting late-night eats cuz I’m hungover on a Sunday night, this is what I love to order. The won ton are pork dumplings with a bit of leek and spring onions. I’ve been going there a long time, so there’s also a bit of nostalgia to it.”
ROL SAN 323 Spadina, 416-977-1128
Kevin Durkee, Cheesewerks
“One of my favourite soups in the city is the chicken soup with liver dumplings ($4.95-$6.95) at Country Style in the Annex. It’s just a simple chicken broth like the kind you’d find in a matzoh ball soup, and the dumplings are more like little liver meatballs with a consistency similar to gnocchi: soft, with a nice chew, and surprisingly light considering they’re basically puréed liver.”
COUNTRY STYLE HUNGARIAN RESTAURANT 450 Bloor West, 416-536-5966
